This gorgeous Porohita handcrafted from a stunning piece of Raukaraka Pounamu, mounted onto a beautiful Granite base, with stunning pattern and colour this Taonga will be treasured and passed through the generations.
Porohita/The Disc - Represents the circle of life which has no beginning or end. It means you have a choice to do and achieve whatever you want to in life. Its curved lines also represent the idea of energy and movement and like the cyclical nature of time and seasons, where one path ends, another begins. The Disc is also believed to have protective qualities and can symbolize a shield or a boundary that keeps negative influences and harm at bay.
Sculpture -
Raukaraka- Genuine West Coast Greenstone from the Taramakau River Area. This is the term used by the Māori of the Cook Strait region of the Kawakawa variety that is streaked with a shade of olive green and has yellow and orange hues that blend into the greens. This stone shares its name with the New Zealand native Karaka tree.
Base - Granite- In New Zealand is confined to the South Island and Stewart Island. There are three major meridionally trending belts in north-west Nelson- Separation Point to Mt Murchison, Kahurangi Point to Ahaura River, and Paparoa Range to Kongahu Point. Granite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.
Hand Carved by Jayme Anderson
Size Sculpture 116mm dia
Base – Granite 171mm long x 37mm wide x 79mm high
Total height 160mm
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